144 pages : 28 cm

A comprehensive guide, featuring a wide variety of drawing media including graphite, coloured pencils, charcoal, chalks, pastels conte crayons, water soluble pencils and pens, and techniques from making marks and creating tone and texture to mixing and overlaying colours

Includes index

Materials and equipment -- Basic drawing techniques -- Pencils -- Trees in a landscape -- Charcoal and chalk -- Tumbler and fruit -- Coloured pencils -- Herbaceous border -- Pastels and Conté crayons -- Lemon, peppers and tomatoes -- Drawing landscapes -- Composition -- Perspective -- Sunshine and shadows -- Skies -- Old farm building -- Water -- People and animals -- Drawing trees -- Tips and techniques -- Getting started -- Light and shade: Lombardy poplars -- Trees in the landscape: Bankside Birches -- Drawing pets -- How to start -- Perspective -- Composition -- Justin the cat -step-by-step -- Anatomy -- Drawing animals in their natural settings -- The horse -- step-by-step -- Dog portrait -- Water soluble pencils -- Understanding colour -- Playing with pencils -- Beginning to draw -- Texture -- Windmill on water -- step-by-step -- Garden -- step-by-step

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